Clip and clip board



Sept. 21, 1943. 1 BENNETT 2,329,974

CLIP AND CLIP BOARD Filed Sept. 26, 1941 INVENTOR. EMMETT L. BEA/N577:

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Patented Sept. 21, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT I r N 2329,974 CLIP AND omeisonnn- V Emmett L fBennett, Cincinnati, ohio V Application September 26, 1941; SerialNo. 412,491 (oral-66).

p V 3 Claims.

My invention relatesto clips for holding a stack of papers or the like together. My novel clip may also be used in connection with a board in order to form a novel clipboard for holding papers and the like thereto. v 1 1 While there are a number of clips and clip boards on the market, they all have atendency to mark the paper or papers which they are retaining due to the uneven pressure of the surface of the clip upon the paper. Thisis particularly true when the clips are used on a relatively' lar'ge stack of papers whereby'the clip ends press more heavily on the top and bottom papers than :the remaining portion of the clip.

Itis an object of my invention to paper clip which firmly holds oneormorepapers together and which exerts an even pressure throughout the portion of the clip contacting the papers and thus eliminates any chance of marking the papers themselves by indentations or the like.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a clip as described above which may be quickly and easily placed over a stack of papers with the least possible amount of effort, and which will not open or pivot on a. single contact point.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a clip board wherein the paper holding clip or clamp holds the papers firmly against the board but does not mar them. The paper or papers may be easily and readily mounted upon the boards either in a pack or singly with a minimum amount of effort.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a clip board for retaining papers as above described which gives a neat and pleasing appearance and from which the clip may be removed and used without the board.

These and other objects of my invention which will be set forth hereinafter or will be apparent to one skilled in the art upon reading these specifications, I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts of which I shall now describe an exemplary embodiment. Reference is now made to the drawing which forms a part thereof and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my novel clip board with the clip mounted thereon.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the upper portion of the clip board shown in Figure 1 from the rear side thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the rear of the clip board shown in Figure 2 with the clip removed therefrom.

Figure 4 is a cross section of my novel clip provide a board taken on the seo'tion'line 4-4 of Figure 1; Figure 5 is :a, perspective viewof my novel clip. Figure 6 is a perspective View of my novelclip as illustrated in"-Figure 5 embracing a stack of a e I i p ..,l Briefly in the practice of my inventionI provide a clip for clipping orclamping papers toether comprising a single stripof resilient-materialsuch "as spring metal, spring plastic or the like, which is bent upon itself to form spaced jaws resiliently urged together by the spring action of the material. One of the jaws of the clip is bent back upon itself to form a contact strip interspacedbetween the jaws-and so bent as to fully contact the material placed-between the jaws of the'clip- The clip is mounted'upon a board so that the board-will be embraced and the jaw carrying the interspaced member on the front surface of the board. In order [to retain the clip in position upon the board and to insure a smooth rear surface, I provide a groove or other retaining means on the back of the board projecting inwardly from an edge and embracing the free jaw of the clip. I prefer to place a pin in this groove and an aperture in the jaw of the clip to receive this pin and hold the clip in position upon the board.

Referring to the drawing I provide a strip of resilient metal bent upon itself as at I so as to present interspaced jaws 2 and 3. The upper jaw as illustrated in Figure 5 is further bent back upon itself as at 4 to provide the contact strip 5. The bend 4 is not a complete bend but is of such an amount as to present an acute angle between the jaw 2 and the strip 5 in such an amount as to resiliently urge the strip 5 away from the jaw 2 and in even and close contact with the jaw 3.

I preferably make the jaw 2 shorter than the jaw 3 so as to leave a projection 6 which will assist in slipping the clip over a stack of papers.

From the above it is apparent whether one or more papers are placed between the jaws 2 and 3, the whole of strip 5 will evenly press against the surface of the topmost sheet or paper, as 11.- lustrated in Figure 6. In order to easily place the clip around a stack of papers the clip is grasped by its end I and by forcing the papers against the projection 6 the clip is easily opened for insertion of the papers between the jaws 2 and 3. It is to be noted that due to the bend 4 and the resulting tendency of the strip 5 to 1 bend away from the jaw 2 and press the jaw. 3, the clip as a whole may be easily opened since the action of the bend 4 works against the action of the bend l.

it contacts theedge 9 so that the ,clipmay he.

slid over theboard sufficiently so" that it will come within the confines of the board itself.

I preferably provide a pin H in the groove 8 and an aperture 12 in the leg 3 of the clip. The

aperture registers over the pin I l and retainsi.

4 forming an integral strip resiliently urged away from said jaw and positioned between the jaws,

the clip on the board in place, as shown injfig ure 2.

The jaw 2 of the clip is thus positionedonthe front of the board 1 and the papers I3 are held between the strip 5 of the clip and the board I; as is clearly shown in Eigure 1.. From the above it may be noted that I have provideda cliptwhichjwill holdone orsa sta'ck of papers together, either alone or, upon a clip board, without unsightly indenting the top sheet or sheets due to theeven-pressure of thetstrip 5 upon the top sheet. V

It is to be understood that diiferent forms of my preferred formrnaybemade without depart ingfr om the spirit of myj invention, Havingthus fullydescribed my invention, what fclaim as new and desire to secure by. Letters Patent is; v V 1, A clip board comprising thev combination of a clip comprising a springlstripbentupon itself to provide spaced jawsresiliently urgedtogether, one of said jaws terminating in ajtbendiuforming and at least one perforation in the other jaw and .a board, said board having a groove on the back side thereof projecting inwardly from an edge,-; said clipsembr'acing said board with the perforated jaw imbedded within said groove and the pin in said groove projecting through said perforationm'; in v i A 3. Aclip boardicompuising the combination of a clip:- comprising as spring strip bent :upon. itself to providespaced jaws resiliently urged together, one of said jaws terminatingjln a bend-forming anintegral stripresiliently urged away fromf'said jaw and positioned between; thesjaws and at-least one-gperforationain ;the,otherzjaw and a board. saidiboard ihaving-aaii groove; on, the aback; .side thereof projecting; inwardlmfrom am ledge, :aaid clipiembracing said board with the; perforated jawwimbcdded: withintsaid groove .1 and the pin in .said groove projecting. through .said (perfora-v tion, said edge terminal of :thengroove beingicut completely .thmughthe-cboard so hthatithe clip lies; whollyflwithinz the confines of the board; 2 j j l EMIVIETT L. BENNETT, 

